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Pregame Notes
Arkansas is going back to its usual lineup, moving Matt Goodheart back into the 2-hole and bumping everyone back into their normal spots. It's also worth noting that Dylan Leach is starting at catcher to give Casey Opitz a day off and that Cullen Smith is starting at third base instead of Jacob Nesbit.
Starting lineups for both teams are listed below.
B-5th: Arkansas 5, Arkansas State 0
Arkansas State starter Tyler Jeans held Arkansas down for four innings, but loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth and then gave up a grand slam to Cayden Wallace. It's his 10th home run of the season.
After walking Brady Slavens, Jeans is replaced by Brandon Anderson. The first guy he faced was Christian Franklin, who ripped a double down the third base line and Slavens scored from first to make it an RBI.
T-7th: Arkansas 5, Arkansas State 1
Elijah Trest is Arkansas' first ineffective pitcher of the night. He issued a walk and hit a batter sandwiched around an out, and then gave up a two-out RBI double to Blake McCutchen to end the shutout.
B-7th: Arkansas 8, Arkansas State 1
It didn't take long for the Razorbacks to get that run back, as Wallace drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a balk and then scored on Slavens' RBI double.
Franklin hit a high fly ball in foul territory that Arkansas State's second baseman made a tremendous over-the-shoulder catch on. Smartly, Slavens tagged up to third on the play. When the throw back into the infield got away from the Red Wolves, Slavens scored.
After Moore singled and moved to second on a wild pitch, he scored on an RBI double by Smith.
T-8th: Arkansas 8, Arkansas State 4
With two outs and on a 2-2 pitch, Tyler Duncan hit a double to the left-center gap to drive in two runs for the Red Wolves.
It looked like Arkansas would get out of a bases-loaded jam when Blake McCutchen hit a ground ball to short, but Jalen Battles lost his grip when he went to toss the ball to second for the final out. Everybody was safe and a run scored.
FINAL - Arkansas 8, Arkansas State 4
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First pitch: 6:30 p.m. CT
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~Stat comparison
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